Kurt MIT-shock-man

Have falling labor market barriers to women led to a change in selection of high-skilled women away from education, leading to a decline in the quality of teachers, and human capital production? See my co-author Kieran present our paper at NBER SI youtube.com/live/mQbLtpkXU…

After nearly 7 amazing years at the IMF, I have decided to return to my academic roots. On September 1, 2025, I will rejoin @HarvardEcon as the inaugural Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics. I am truly grateful for my time at @IMFnews, first as Chief Economist and then…

Looking forward to the AC at the Sonesta next week for @nberpubs SI. AC broken all week in my CEMFI office with daily highs of 34C/93F…productivity was not high

It's easy to find out what Fed PhD economists do. The working papers are on the Fed website. Sec. Bessent surely meant some doubt whether Fed academic research has produced better monetary policy or financial regulation. An interesting topic for triple diff in diff two way fixed…

Check out our vox column on the four day workweek! cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

In new work with @casey_mcquillan we find unemployment benefit receipt for low-income workers improves subsequent job quality without meaningfully delaying re-employment. Casey’s thread has more exciting results!

what I had not appreciated until I started reading @JesusFerna7026 's slides is how broad-based the decline in fertility rates has been. Not just rich countries.

Congratulations to Kazuharu Yanagimoto for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis at CEMFI!. Thanks to Elizabeth M. Caucutt, Lídia Farré @farre_lidia and Fabian Kindermann for serving in the Thesis Defense Committe and to Kazuharu’s advisor Nezih Guner @NezihGuner

Website refresh: kurtmitman.com Was only a couple years out of date 🤣

Delighted to be awarded a research grant by the Austrian National Bank @oenb Anniversary Fund! I will study monetary policy amplification with household heterogeneity in Austria, extending the empirics & theory on the redistribution channel of MP in a small open economy @WIFOat

a lot going on: 1) big clean up of my github repo. now clean datasets (cross-country tariff and daily tariff) that other users can grab and use github.com/tradewartracke… and I'll keep the url fixed

Fertility rates in high-income countries have declined to remarkably low levels. In response, governments have adopted various family-friendly policies, including flexible work arrangements, parental leave, and childcare subsidies. How effective are these policies?

Honored to be serving as Co-Chair of the @FinStbBoard Regional Consultative Group for the Middle East and North Africa. Looking forward to working with colleagues across the region to strengthen financial stability and deepen cooperation.

Oxford’s Alena Wabitsch has won the 2025 ECB Young Economist Prize! 🏆 Her paper, The Messenger Matters, shows how policy impact changes with who delivers the message. A huge achievement - congrats, Alena! 🎉 More: bit.ly/46lo7SA #ECBForum #Economics

Had a blast at @SEDmeeting 2025. Huge thanks to @SorryToBeKurt, @juli_caunedo, @jvkramer1, @S_HoveRavn, @JeppeDruedahl, @mortengolsen: flawless organization! Tried to attend as many sessions as I could, and still frustrated to have surely missed so many great presentations.

I had an amazing time at the SED 2025. Big thanks to the organisers @SorryToBeKurt , Julieta Caunedo, John Kramer, Søren Hove Ravn, Jeppe Druedahl and Morten Olsen. A highlight was to see my two “Twitter friends” @gp_mihalache and @dandolfa

Thank you for organizing. Wonderful experience in @SEDmeeting

And we close this year’s SED meeting in Copenhagen with a fantastic plenary lecture by Ariel Burstein who was introduced by Hugo Hopenhayn. Three days with an amazing set of papers, fulfilling conversations, and lessons learned. #SED2025 See you all next year in Athens!!